Memorial University Centre for Bioethics

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Performative Policy: When Anti-Racism Is Managed, Not Practiced Danielle Gibbs Koenitzer examines how healthcare institutions manage anti-racism through policy and process while avoiding the structural changes required to protect marginalized patients and profe…

We have a new commentary published on our blog, Impact Ethics. "Performative Policy: When Anti-Racism is Managed, Not Practiced" by Danielle Gibbs Koenitzer

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Dalhousie’s Case Diversification: Anti-Oppression and Race (Part 3) Lynette Reid describes the work done at Dalhousie to diversify the case-based learning (CBL) curriculum in the medical program.

Check out this series of commentaries on our blog about the Dalhousie Med School case-based learning diversification process. Commentaries by Lynette Reid, who chaired the committee

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We’re Hiring! The Memorial University Centre for Bioethics and the Division of Population Health and Applied Health Sciences invite applications for two tenure-stream positions in Bioethics. Memorial University …

We're Hiring! (updated) - application deadline is now November 30.

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Misinformation about Medical Assistance in Dying Luca Norton presents the problems associated with the influence of misinformation on policy about medical assistance in dying in Canada.

New commentary in the Impact Ethic blog on MAiD and Misinformation, by Memorial University Master of Health Ethics student Luca Norton. impactethics.ca/2025/11/10/m...

We Can’t Export Away our Legally Recognized Duties to Captive Cetaceans Andrew Fenton outlines the ethical and legal reasons against sending Marineland’s captive beluga whales to facilities in other countries.

New commentary on our blog, by Andrew Fenton. impactethics.ca/2025/11/04/w...

Black Salve: A Crisis in Online Health Misinformation A.M. Kieley discusses online misinformation about black salve, a dangerous and ineffective “treatment” for cancer.

A new commentary posted on our blog Impact Ethics. "Black Salve: A Crisis in Online Health Misinformation" by AM Kieley impactethics.ca/2025/10/28/b...

We’re Hiring! The Memorial University Centre for Bioethics and the Division of Population Health and Applied Health Sciences invite applications for two tenure-stream positions in Bioethics. Memorial University …

We're Hiring!
Two Tenure-Stream positions in the Memorial University Centre for Bioethics & PHAHS Division, Faculty of Medicine

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Gatekeeping Through Ableism: A Fractured Calling Danielle Gibbs Koenitzer contends that ableism in nursing education functions as a form of gatekeeping, which silences disabled voices, narrows the definition of who can be a nurse, and reinforces …

A new commentary on Impact Ethics, by Danielle Gibbs Koenitzer. Check it out!
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The Short-Lived Tax on Sugar-Sweetened Beverages in NL Rachel Prowse and Kayla Crichton describe what happened when Newfoundland and Labrador applied a sugary drink tax, which was discontinued this summer.

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The PREPARED Code – A reminder not to forget the COVID-19 pandemic Doris Schroeder presents the PREPARED Code – a global code of conduct for research during pandemics.

A commentary on the PREPARED Code by Doris Schroeder. A global code of conduct for research during pandemics. impactethics.ca/2025/06/30/t...

CASGEVY: Rethinking Drug Costs Through the Lens of Public Access Maria Klimenko considers the extent to which the price of innovative treatments like CASGEVY, a type of gene therapy, should reflect not just the cost of development, but also their broader societa…

The latest commentary on our Impact Ethics blog: Maria Klimenko on the astronomical cost of CASGEVY. impactethics.ca/2025/06/24/c...

Prove AI Can’t Care First Jean-Christophe Bélisle-Pipon argues that defaulting to AI in health settings could do more harm than good. Last month, Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke made headlines after publicly sharing a leaked interna…

New commentary on our blog, Impact Ethics: "Prove AI Can't Care First" by Jean-Christophe Bélisle-Pipon

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Climate, Health and Equity – Canada Must Lead with Action Sharon E. Straus discusses the urgent need for the upcoming G7 summit to address climate change impacts on health.

Climate, Health and Equity - Canada Must Lead with Action. by Sharon E. Straus impactethics.ca/2025/05/20/c...

Congratulations to Biplab Halder on passing his PhD thesis defense!
"A Relational Autonomy Argument Against Public Funding for NIPT: The Routinization of NIPT and the Geneticization of Pregnancy and Reproduction", Community Health PhD supervised by Centre faculty member Dr. Jennifer Flynn.

Why Racism in Health Care is an Ethical Crisis: A Nursing Perspective Danielle Gibbs argues that addressing systemic racism in nursing is not only a moral imperative but an ethical necessity to uphold justice, beneficence, and non-maleficence within health care.

Why Racism in Health Care is an Ethical Crisis. A new commentary by Danielle Gibbs
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Hope as a Moral Commitment Jade Ealy frames hope as a moral commitment—not rooted in a feeling, but in how we choose to show up in the world and how we care for one another.

A new commentary by Jade Ealy - "Hope as a Moral Commitment"

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Rethinking Autonomy in Healthcare for Incarcerated Patients Ayla Raabis explores the state of autonomy in clinical settings for incarcerated patients in Canada and adopts a relational perspective to better understand how to promote autonomy.

New commentary on our blog: Rethinking Autonomy in Healthcare for Incarcerated Patients, by Ayla Raabis

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Is Free, Canada-Wide Access to HIV Medications Reasonable? Julian Hopwood-Raja argues that universal, barrier-free access to HIV medicines is not just a matter of beneficence for patients and the health system but important for public health and ethical re…

The latest from Impact Ethics (our blog): A commentary by Julian Hopwood-Raja on free access to HIV medications in Canada

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Are Your Medical Photographs on the Internet? Part 2 Zach Patterson, Zack Marshall, and a grade 8 class in Calgary replicate a study showing the availability of patient photographs from medical case studies on the open internet.

Are Your Medical Photographs on the Internet? Part 2. This is an innovative project by Zach Patterson, Zack Marshall, and a grade 8 class in Calgary.

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The Primacy of Privacy Dylan McKibbon argues that the concept of privacy has been long misunderstood and ought to be elevated to the status of a core bioethical principle to be regarded as a cornerstone of bioethical act…

The latest from our blog: The Primacy of Privacy impactethics.ca/2025/04/07/t...

Coming up on Friday!

Book launch - Intellectual Disabilities and Autism: Ethics and Practice. Our faculty member Chris Kaposy is a contributor to this excellent volume. Check it out! Coming up next week.

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Relational #Autonomy & Public Funding for Noninvasive #Prenatal Testing - by Biplab Kumar Halder.
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Relational Autonomy & Public Funding for NIPT, by our own Biplab Kumar Halder: impactethics.ca/2025/03/10/r...

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Let’s Raise the Bar for Research Ethics Standards on Psychedelics Paola Cubillos draws attention to the ethical and methodological concerns from MDMA- Assisted Therapy research and argues that these issues merit a stringent research ethics oversight framework for…

Excellent commentary on research ethics standards for psychedelic research by @paolacubillosr.bsky.social. Impact Ethics blog:
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